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Program overview
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Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Pre-events
The 5th Urban Nature Forum (09:00 – 12:30) 515
Nature-based development is vital in an urbanizing world. Nature provides essential services and new economic opportunities, and it protects and enhances the ecosystems that make this possible.
The ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Center (CBC) makes sure that natural capital and ecosystem services are a core part of how we conceptualize and develop our cities. At the ICLEI World Congress 2018, the CBC, scientists, urban planners, policymakers, conservationists, and other key stakeholders will explore nature as a key tool for more sustainable urbanization.
Researchers´ Symposium (09:00 – 12:30) 514
The Researchers’ Symposium gathers leading research-practitioners and policymakers to explore opportunities and challenges when it comes to collaboration to shape policies that support sustainable urban development.
The Researchers’ Symposium represents an ideal opportunity to discuss the outcomes of the IPCC Cities Conference, as well as ways for researchers to identify issues for practitioners and policymakers that can help to set the urban research agenda.
Know-how in sustainable procurement: Giving meaning and value to our
actions (08:30 – 12:30) 519
This pre-event will draw on ICLEI‘s long-standing work on procurement and the expertise of ECPAR (Espace québécois de concertation sur les pratiques d'approvisionnement responsable) in providing insights on best practices for sustainable procurement. The objective is to demonstrate the value of responsible purchasing for municipal organizations and their partners in their territories. Operational tools and concrete strategies developed in Canada will be shared, and the intent is to hear from international contributors on their use of tools and strategies to address similar issues.
3 ICLEI Global Executive Committee & Council Meeting (09:00 - 12:30) 518
The ICLEI Global Executive Committee and Council meeting is the annual ICLEI global governance meeting, that brings together local government representatives from all of the ICLEI Member regions. ICLEI Global Executive Committee and Council members are elected by ICLEI Members every 3 years, and this meeting serves as their inaugural meeting for the 2018-2021 term.
For more information on the ICLEI governance structure and how it works see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP6emzgKQw4
For more information on the newly elected governance structure please see the ICLEI website: http://www.iclei.org/about/governance.html.
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P1 Opening plenary 517 CD
The global sustainability challenges are growing in both scope and magnitude with each passing day. Along with more intense and frequent droughts and storms, colossal biodiversity loss and constraints over key resources, the increasing social stratification and exposure to health hazards are threatening the integrity of our urban systems. As a result, local governments face growing difficulties in addressing the pressing matters of today, let alone preparing for the future.
In the face of these growing difficulties, the Opening Plenary of the ICLEI World Congress 2018 seeks to invigorate congress participants with the inspiration needed to address these sometimes daunting challenges.
The keynote addresses will provide participants with both the common ground and the inspiration needed to spark fruitful discussions and exchanges throughout the following days.
“The world we live in” keynote will present participants with a shared understanding of the global and interconnected sustainability challenges facing us today, illustrating the framework and conditions in which we currently operate. The following keynote address on “the future we strive for” will then aim to inspire participants with an ambitious vision of the sustainable urban future we wish for our cities, towns and regions. Participants will then be ready to collectively map out the interconnected pathways to the sustainable urban future towards which we aspire.
The session will also provide an opportunity for the presentation of the ICLEI´s Regional Executive Committee Members and Global Executive Committee Members for the period 2018- 2021, including the announcement of the newly elected ICLEI President, First Vice President and Vice Presidents.
5 Master of Ceremony
Philippe Desrosiers Welcome remarks
Valérie Plante
Mayor, Ville de Montréal, Canada Isabelle Melançon
Minister of Sustainable Development, the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change, Québec National Assembly, Canada
Presentation of the Members of the 2018 – 2021 ICLEI Council, ICLEI Global Executive Committee, the ICLEI Vice Presidents, the ICLEI First Vice President and the ICLEI President 2018-2021
Gino Van Begin
Secretary General, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability David Cadman
Former President, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability (2006 – 2015) Family photo with Mayor Valérie Plante and ICLEI President
Video message
António Guterres
Secretary-General of the United Nations Welcome address
Park Won Soon (Video message)
Mayor, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Republic of Korea
Global Executive Committee Member, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability President, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability (2015 – 2018)
Inaugural address
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Mayor, City of Bonn, Germany
President, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Keynote addresses
The world we live in Naoko Ishii
CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility The future we strive for
Severn Cullis-Suzuki
Environmental activist, speaker, television host and author
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P2 Visions for cities and regions in 2030: Ensuring systemic and
inclusive action 517 CD
The Opening Plenary's keynote addresses will have depicted “the world we live in” and “the future we strive for”. Several intertwined pathways can lead us to achieve genuine urban sustainability and their success lies within the ability of different actors to come together to leverage inclusive and rapid change.
To this end, this plenary will facilitate a multi-perspective dialogue, where participants will be encouraged to integrate different points of view to a sustainability action plan.
Participants will be seated at round-tables so that each table has representatives of different sectors and organization types, such as local and subnational government, science and research, industry and the private sector, community organizations, national government, and other international organizations.
Participants of each table will engage in two rounds of 20-minute group discussions on the
“Visions for cities and regions in 2030 to create a sustainable urban world”. The first round will focus on ensuring the inclusion and engagement of all citizens in sustainability planning and action. The second round will focus on the role of the private sector and innovative business models to leverage inclusive sustainable change.
Discussions of each round will be kicked-off by two 5-minute interventions by representatives of groups actively engaged in urban sustainability. For each round, roundtable participants will be asked to develop a success story that either avoids barriers or deploys opportunities for sustainable development in the next 12 years.
Members of the ICLEI Global Executive Committee, ICLEI Council or other political leaders of ICLEI members will be invited to act as the chair and rapporteur of each roundtable. Directors of ICLEI Regional Secretariats or Country Offices, ICLEI Senior Managers and representatives of selected partners will help facilitate the group discussions at each roundtable and prepare the summary of discussions for the rapporteur.
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findings by a 2-minutes summary. During this session, summaries of maximum 5 roundtables will be presented after each round of discussions. The summaries of remaining roundtables will be presented during the ICLEI Dinner after the session.
Facilitator
Philippe Desrosiers
First round: An Inclusive, Sustainable Urban World
Célestine Ketcha épouse Courtès
Mayor, Bangangté Municipal Council, Cameroon
President, Network for Locally Elected Women of Africa (REFELA) UCLG Champion on Development Cooperation
Second round: Innovative Partnerships for a sustainable Urban World
Roland Hunziker
Director, Sustainable Buildings and Cities, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Final remarks: A youth perspective Jérôme Lin
Winner of «Rêver le Montréal durable de demain»
The circus is in town! (18:00 – 22:00)
Ville de Montréal, host of the ICLEI World Congress 2018, is pleased to invite you to an opening night with the theme "The circus is in town!" Come enjoy exciting acrobatics and meet congress participants and speakers as part of a colorful welcome cocktail and Opening Gala!
Welcome cocktail (18:00 – 19:00) 517 AB
Opening Gala (19:00 – 22:00) 710
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Wednesday, 20 June 2018
8:30 – 10:30
P3 Achieving the global goals through innovative solutions and
collective local action 517 CD
Cities have long been recognized as both a challenge for sustainable development, as well as a hotbed for innovative sustainable solutions.
Policy and decision makers at the national and local levels have committed to deliver tangible results by 2030. The global sustainability agenda is traced, and now it is time for implementation. Local governments are instrumental in making sure those targets are met and exceeded on time.
The first part of the plenary will examine and discuss the three global frameworks and goals introduced since the previous ICLEI World Congress. The Paris Agreement, the Global Goals and the New Urban Agenda are mutually reinforcing, with cities playing a leading role in meeting the necessary and long-awaited targets these frameworks outline.
The second part of this plenary will showcase the innovative solutions and approaches local governments are employing to address the most pressing challenges in sustainable urban development. Through exemplary leadership and the facilitation of collaboration among key actors, cities and regions can catalyze systemic change for sustainable development, significantly contributing to the achievement of many of the global goals.
Cooperation among local governments and other key actors is critical for an effective implementation of sustainable urban development policies and initiatives, as well as achievement of many of the global goals.
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Philippe Desrosiers Moderator
Monika Zimmermann
Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
From global to local: International frameworks for collaborative action on sustainable development
Chair
Stephany Uy-Tan
Mayor, City of Catbalogan, Philippines
Vice-President, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Cities for all: Inclusive cities with the New Urban Agenda Maimunah Mohd Sharif (Live video feed from Nairobi) Executive Director, UN-Habitat
Cities with nature: Planning for people and the planet David Cooper
Deputy Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Towards a pollution-free planet
Martina Otto
Head of Cities Unit, United Nations Environment Program
Beyond the Paris Agreement: Building an inclusive, just, low-emission and climate resilient future
Martin Frick
Senior Director, Policy and Programme Coordination, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
From local to global: Harnessing innovative solutions and the collective power of cities to drive global change
Chair
Dr. Cathy Oke
11 Councillor, Melbourne City Council, Australia
First Vice-President, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
Green and healthy cities: Prioritizing people, health and the environment through nature-based and urbanism solutions for sustainable urban development
Janet Sanz
Deputy Mayor, Municipality of Barcelona, Spain
Transitioning cities: Industrial legacy cities moving toward a sustainable future William Peduto
Mayor, City of Pittsburgh, USA
Eco-mobile cities: Prioritizing people, health and the environment in urban mobility planning and strategies
Veronica Arias
Secretary of Environment,Quito Metropolitan Government, Ecuador
Responsible cities: Enabling a resource efficient, low carbon and socially responsible society through circular economy
Zoran Janković
Mayor, City of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Climate-friendly cities: Cities committed to low-emission and resilient development Solly Msimanga
Mayor, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa
Global Executive Committee Member, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Knowledgeable cities: Integrating research and policy making in sustainable urban development
Debra Roberts
Co-Chair, IPCC Working Group II Don Iveson
Mayor, City of Edmonton, Canada
Final remarks and presentation of ICLEI’s 2018-2024 Strategy Gino Van Begin
12 Secretary General, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
11:00 – 12:30
SP1 Shaping low emission cities, towns and regions 517 CD
The global sustainability agenda requires a responsible commitment from all local and regional governments to achieve carbon neutrality, urban resilience and energy security in their jurisdictions. To help them achieve these goals, ICLEI has developed a holistic climate action agenda to analyze, act and accelerate, also leading to multiple co-benefits such as improved air quality, job creation, in addition to have regular greenhouse gas emissions inventories, up to date targets, and investor friendly action plans.
This interactive sub-plenary will showcase ongoing key developments to pursue a step-by-step approach toward carbon neutrality, showing not only how local planning, action and monitoring can help track progress, but also exploring the engagement of cities and regions in the Talanoa Dialogues to improve multi-level governance and boost integrated climate action in-country.
Chair
Gino Van Begin
Secretary General, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Panel 1: Ambitious global action for low emission development
Hironori Hamanaka
Former Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Japan Chair of the Board of Directors, ICLEI Japan Office
Robert Bradley
Director of Knowledge and Learning, NDC Partnership Amanda Eichel
Executive Director, Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy Barbara Kreissler
Director, Global Public and Government Affairs, Signify, formerly known as Philips Lighting,
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Lisa Helps
Mayor, City of Victoria, Canada
Panel 2: Local government networks driving coordinated local action for climate friendly cities
Brock Carlton
Chief Executive Officer, Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), Canada David Miller
North America Regional Director and Ambassador for Inclusive Climate Action, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
Octavi de la Varga Mas
Secretary General, World Association of the Major Metropolises Emilia Saiz
Secretary General, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
An innovative toolkit for local climate action: ICLEI’s support package for cities, towns and regions
Maryke van Staden
Manager, Low Carbon City Agenda, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Director, Bonn Center for Local Climate Action and Reporting (carbonn Center)
Invitation to COP24, Katowice, Poland Mariusz Skiba
Deputy Mayor, City of Katowice, Poland
Host of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 24)
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SP2 Healthy cities for all 510
The future lies with cities. Socially, culturally, environmentally and politically, cities are becoming more important than ever before. Cities are centers of opportunities, and are often at the forefront of innovation to improve the health and well-being of all those who live in and interact with urban places.
The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SDGs set ambitious targets for advancing sustainable development – which includes health, well-being and equity – by 2030. Cities play a central role in achieving the SDGs at the local level. Closest to the people, they create platforms for successful collaborative action on the social, cultural, political, economic and environmental determinants of health and well-being. Their understanding of the fundamental role of health and well-being in sustainable development is essential.
A multidimensional approach to health will be taken to showcase the benefits of promoting:
● Safe and affordable provision of resources such as clean air, water and access to nutritious food for all as a basic human right
● Promoting active living and lifestyles
● Sustainable waste management and provision of adequate sanitation services
● Access to affordable housing that fosters positive human health
Participants will have ample opportunities to share experiences and use these exchanges as a basis for reflecting on and learning from a wealth of innovative solutions. Ultimately, the session shall enable political leaders, urban planners and community leaders to shape their visions for the future and to renew their commitment to health, sustainable development and initiatives for healthy communities.
Chair
Kinlay Dorjee
Mayor, Thimphu City Corporation, Bhutan
Global Executive Committee Member, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
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Panel 1: Sustainable cities are Healthy cities Sylvia Muzila
Mayor of Francistown, Botswana Lee Yeon Hee
Director-General of Environmental Bureau of Gyeonggi Provincial Government A.K. Maitra
Vice Chairperson, Board Member - ICLEI South Asia, India Thomas Pesek
Senior Liaison Office for North America, FAO
Nanda Jichkar
Mayor of Nagpur, India
Panel 2: Liveability and Urban well-being Limin Hee
Director, Center for Liveable Cities at the Ministry of National Development, Singapore Dario Nardella
Mayor, City of Florence, Italy
Global Executive Committee Member, ICLEI
Victor Piedrahita
Sub-director, Metropolitan Area of Valle de Aburrá, Colombia Johannes Van de Merwe
City of Cape Town, South Africa Jean-Baptiste Gernet
Deputy Mayor of Strasbourg, France
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Thematic sessions A (11:00 – 12:30) Room
A1 Urban Transition Alliance - High-level forum opening 519
Having faced and often successfully overcome environmental, economic and social crises, industrial legacy cities are experts in creating their own resurgence and turning challenges into opportunities. The Urban Transitions Alliance is guided by industrial legacy cities’ joint vision of well-managed transitions towards a sustainable future, which centers on a healthy environment and just opportunities for their citizens.
This session will see the political leaders of the Urban Transitions Alliance cities officially open the Urban Transitions Forum at the ICLEI World Congress. They will demonstrate the power of industrial legacy cities as drivers of ambitious local action with a joint declaration to collaborate and make the Sustainable Development Goals the guiding principle for their cities’ transition to sustainability.
Furthermore, the Alliance leaders will discuss how they jointly provide the political leadership in their regions to raise the profile and the ambition of industrial legacy cities. This dialogue will serve as a high-level backing for inter- municipal knowledge exchange and cooperation, driving and accelerating local action on the main topics of the Alliance, that is the transition to sustainable energy, mobility, infrastructure and social systems in all cities. The Alliance leaders will also set the agenda for the implementation of results from the exchange within their cities.
A2 Gender, urban development and adaptation to climate change 511 BC Rapid urbanization, migration and climate change are among the factors that are
increasingly posing a stress to urban populations and the built environment. They also exacerbate the marginalization of vulnerable groups, including women, indigenous peoples, ethnic minorities, the poor and youth.
How can we ensure that the billions of dollars allocated to urban development result in actions that promote fair and socially equitable access to resources and economic possibilities? How can we ensure that these actions are implemented in a fair and collaborative spirit? Recognizing the ability of all stakeholders, including
17 the most vulnerable, to inform climate and development decisions is more critical
than ever. Indeed, more than victims, these actors are often key agents of such a development. And they are indeed claiming a voice and a role—not as beneficiaries but as full partners in the sustainable development agenda, particularly when it comes to pursuing integrated planning and risk management to build resilience.
This session will explore how to better integrate and empower women and marginalized groups into urban planning and development to ensure both social equity and efficiency of action. We will discuss knowledge gaps, barriers and solutions to strengthen climate resilience and enhance livelihoods of the most vulnerable communities in the developing world with a view to facilitate the scaling and financing of climate action. Aiming at generating socially- transformative solutions, the session will, rather than focus on success stories, explore factors enabling the reproduction, scaling up and financing of socially- transformative initiatives.
This session is organized in partnership with IDRC
A3 Designing sustainability partnerships: Global survey results and the
experiences of Barcelona, Gwangju, and Montréal 514
The session shares with ICLEI members the results of a survey that members around the world completed. The survey asked about your sustainable community plans, your engagement of partner organizations in implementing those plans, money your local authority provided and leveraged, and the sustainability progress that resulted. Results show us key features to include in the design of partnerships in order to ensure the most progress. The session also showcases three cities with large cross-sector sustainability partnerships (100+ partners) – Montreal (Canada), Barcelona (Spain) and Gwangju (Republic of Korea). Each of these cities will tell us about their partnership and their achievements. We will also learn about why their partners join and stay involved. This 1.5 hour session will start with presentations, include time for questions, and then transition into roundtable discussions so that participants can have smaller conversations with panelists, share their own experiences and/or learn from their peers. This session is ideal for anyone considering how best to engage partners in helping implement
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This session is organized in partnership with the University of Waterloo.
A4 Front-line island cities with nature 511 EF
The Front-Line Cities and Islands initiative, an ICLEI and GLISPA partnership, was launched at COP23 and has formal endorsement of the Fiji COP Presidency. Front- Line has been created to support the sustainable development of towns and cities in small island nations, facing extreme climate and disaster vulnerability. One entry point for working with island cities is to use the Sendai Framework scorecard which helps a city to assess its capacity to reduce the risk of loss and damage from disasters, and to effectively respond to and rebuild after disasters.
One of the key dimensions of the Scorecard is Essential 5: “Safeguard Natural Buffers to Enhance the Protective Functions Offered by Natural Ecosystems”. And ICLEI will launch the new Cities With Nature initiative at this World Congress.
This session explores how a focus on Natural Ecosystems and Nature Based Solutions can be a central plank of an island city’s disaster preparedness, and how the ICLEI CWN program can provide practical guidance and support in building/rebuilding natural buffers.
A5 Beyond waste management: Bringing the circular economy to the local
level 515
According the World Bank, cities produced about 1.3 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste globally per year, a figure expected to grow to 2.2 billion tonnes per year by 2025, with 70% of that waste likely to be generated in emerging markets.
Waste is the most tangible externality of our unsustainable consumption and productions systems and one that increasingly resonates with citizens.
Waste is not only extremely expensive for municipalities, often comprising 20%- 50% of municipal budgets (World Bank, 2018), it is also detrimental to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. From climate action, to fighting hunger and inequalities, to promoting sustainable consumption patterns and protecting our ecosystems, waste relates to most of the SDGs. As the main producers and managers of global waste, cities have a key role to play in preventing waste and managing it in a sustainable way. A promising framework to do so is captured by
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A circular economy aims at keeping resources in use for as long as possible to then reuse, repair, repurpose or recycle products or materials. How does this translate in cities?
A6 Overcoming mobility challenges in the Global South: An opportunity for
South-South Cooperation 511 D
Countries in the Global South face particular challenges in regards to sustainable mobility in the wake of a rapidly urbanizing world. Uneven development, fast urbanization, informality, exclusion and inadequate transportation and infrastructure are part of the challenges that hinder sustainable urban development. For this session, we are looking at ways to improve sustainable urban development through improvements in the transportation and mobility sector. Improving mobility in the Global South could help tackle many challenges to sustainable development and will trigger many benefits for the economy, the environment and the society. This session will bring together local leaders from the Global South to discuss the challenges their city faces with regards to mobility, as well as allow them to showcase the efforts they have made to transition towards sustainable mobility. This will open up the dialogue with our partners to discuss how south-south cooperation can be used to advance sustainable mobility in that region.
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SP3 Transitioning toward resilient cities and regions 510
The fast urbanization trends, increasing exposure to climate change related threats (including disaster risk, disease outbreaks etc.) and other shocks and stresses (increasing social stratification, socio-economic crises, forced migration, etc.) are threatening the integrity of our urban systems. Policy and decision makers at the national and local levels have committed to deliver tangible results by 2030, and now it is time for implementation.
This sub-plenary will address the progress in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Resilience and the New Urban Agenda, and will serve as a meeting point for the resilience community towards the high-level political forum on sustainable development convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Council, taking place in July, as well as the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24), taking place in Katowice, Poland in December.
The first panel will address the importance of multi-level collaboration, innovation and partnership, by showcasing experiences from front-line cities, small and medium-sized cities and regions, and large metropolis. The Chief Resilience Officers’ panel will highlight the relevance of combining effective coordination with innovative problem-solving to increase local resilience.
Chair
Manuel de Araújo
Mayor, Municipal Council of Quelimane, Mozambique
Global Executive Committee Member, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Facilitator
Emani Kumar
Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Regional Director, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat
Panel: Boosting local resilience through innovation and partnership Nomusa Dube-Ncube
Member of Executive Council, Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs,
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Mikko Ollikainen
Manager, Adaptation Fund, Washington, D.C., USA Pedro Jacobi
President Director, Administrative Board, ICLEI South America Hans Berty Margueritte
Mayor, Municipality of Curepipe, Mauritius
Global Executive Committee Member, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Panel: Chief resilience officers: Combining effective coordination with innovative problem-solving to increase local resilience
Eleni Myrivili
Vice Mayor for Urban Nature, Resilience and Climate Adaptation Chief Resilience Officer, Athens, Greece
Kathryn Oldham
Chief Resilience Officer, Greater Manchester Combined Authorities, United Kingdom Louise Bradette
Director, Resilience Office, Ville de Montréal, Canada Chief Resilience Officer, Ville de Montréal, Canada
Closing remarks
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SP4 Circular cities: Designing urban systems that fit planetary
boundaries 517 CD
Our global linear economy is wasteful by design. It relies on extracting, transforming, consuming and discarding massive amounts of resources such as biomass, fossil fuels, sand, gravel or metals. 92.8 billion tonnes of material inputs were used to fuel our economy in 2015, equating to 12,54 tonnes of raw materials per person per year or about 35 kg per day – a figure which doesn’t even include water consumption.
Only 9% of material inputs are cycled back to the economy (Circle Economy, 2018). Most of the remaining materials are dispersed into the environment or discarded as waste that contributes to degrading our ecosystems and endangering the health of communities worldwide.
Upstream, the overconsumption of resources is linked to most of the planetary boundaries. The majority (67%) of global greenhouse gas emissions are for instance related to material
management.
This century calls for a new consumption and production model, one that enables humanity to flourish within the means of the planet. Such a model can’t afford to waste.
Waste is a modern and very human invention. Natural systems produce no waste: resources are used within their regenerative capacity and infinitely cycled back into the system. The circular economy aims at mimicking natural cycles by designing consumption and production models as such that all materials can be cycled back in the economy so that resources are only extracted within their regenerative capacity.
Cities are instrumental forces of a genuine circular economy. Not only do they consume 75% of natural resources and produce 50% of global waste (UNEP, 2016), their intermediate scale also means they can pool and interconnect the actions of a wide variety of actors.
Chair
Roman Mendle
Program Manager, Smart Cities, ICLEI World Secretariat
23 Keynote “The weight of cities: resources requirements of future urbanization”
Mark Swilling
Professor, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Academic Director, Sustainability Institute
Co-Director, Centre for Complex Systems in Transition (CST) Member, International Resource Panel
Presentations: Strategies and levers towards circular cities
Soham Wardini
First Deputy Mayor, City of Dakar, Senegal Huey-Ching Yeh
Deputy Mayor, New Taipei City Government, Chinese Taipei Panel discussion with experts
Annerieke Douma
Director, Program and Business Development, Circle Economy Aziza Akhmouch
Head of the Cities, Urban Policies, and Sustainable Development Division, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities
Presentations: Putting people first in circular cities
Zoran Janković
Mayor, City of Ljubljana, Slovenia Daniel Termont
Mayor, City of Ghent, Belgium Pitch from RecyApp
Stiven Orlando Rojas Pulido Manager, RecyApp, Colombia
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Thematic sessions B (14:00 – 15:30) Room
B1 Social transition of industrial legacy cities 511 A
Following the decline of their signature industries along with environmental pressures, the Alliance cities have had to become experts in re-inventing themselves. A key component of a well-managed urban transition to sustainability is to ensure that no citizens are excluded or left behind. With social justice and equity as guiding principles, citizen engagement practices are essential to create a common identity and build shared visions. How can local governments find suitable partners and connect to existing community initiatives, using the transition as a chance to address not only their environmental and economic, but also their social challenges?
B2 Using the potential of nature to create greener, healthier and more
inclusive cities 514
Many local governments have to bridge the urgency of having to provide housing with the need to strategically and cautiously plan the sustainable growth of their cities in the medium and long-term. To prevent cities from spreading much beyond their current borders, many municipalities are looking into creating liveable, yet denser urban environments. Public and green spaces in cities often fall into the category of seemingly ‘free’ spaces, which could be used to build on.
At the same time, cities are more at risk of being affected by climate change impacts such as increased flooding or higher temperatures, which are in many cases aggravated by the denser urban fabric. Yet, many local governments are realizing that urban nature offers more opportunities to improve quality of life and the environment in a city than many may realise at first glance.
In this session, panelists will discuss how their cities make sure that planning urban green as nature-based solutions towards some of their urban environmental, societal and economic sustainability challenges happens strategically and in an inclusive way to foster cohesion of the urban society. They will outline how they engage the urban community, so that greening the city becomes relevant to, promoted by, used by and fits all walks of life in their city.
The panelists will also outline their approach to promote the greening of their city via their urban policies, plans and initiatives, often going beyond the classic
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B3 Identifying collaborative pathways for eco-innovation in cities 511 D In the face of rising environmental problems, social inequalities and
competitiveness challenges within our globalized economy, cities are increasingly asked to be innovative, creative and at the fore-front of all forms of progress. The density and diversity of cities do enable a wide array of unique collaborations that foster innovation. Yet many innovations don’t actually ensure better
environmental performance, increased social inclusiveness or jobs creation.
Recent years have therefore seen an increased focus on eco-innovation, a concept promising to create economic value while preserving the environment and bringing high social benefits.
Based on cities’ experience, this session will present different collaborative pathways that urban localities can follow to promote eco-innovations that not only demonstrate a sound environmental performance but also ensure beneficial results from a social point of view. It will focus more specifically on five dimensions:
● Prioritizing eco-innovations through co-creation
● Using open innovation platforms to bring about more urban sustainability
● Accompanying an inclusive energy transition through public-private partnerships
● Cross-sectoral collaboration for an inclusive transition towards the circular economy
● How procurement can leverage eco-innovation at the city level
B4 The case for multilevel governance for successful NDC implementation 511 EF This session is foreseen to provide added-value to the Cities and Regions Talanoa
Dialogues initiative launched as part of the official UNFCCC mandated process called the Talanoa Dialogue. ICLEI – focal point of the Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) Constituency to the UNFCCC and on behalf of the Global Task Force of Local and Regional Governments – and partners have taken an initiative called Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogues in order to deliver and advance NDCs through effective multilevel governance further. The initiative shares the vision by the New Urban Agenda (UN-Habitat III, 2017) adopted in
26 2016, building upon the Bonn-Fiji Commitment of Local and Regional Leaders
adopted at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 23) in November 2017, and the Call for Vertical Integration of Local Authorities in national climate investment plans issued by the Global Covenant of Mayors at the One Planet Summit last December.
B5 Circular buildings and construction: Decreasing the life cycle impacts of the
built environment 511 BC
Buildings are key contributors to the livability of cities. They also play a leading economic role as the construction industry represents 6% of the global GDP (World Economic Forum, 2016). Yet all along their life-cycle, buildings are linked to far-reaching environmental impacts which costs are never factored in by real estate companies.
Worldwide, it is estimated that around half of all non-renewable resources mankind consumes are used in construction. Adding demolition, the sector is also the largest contributor of waste and contributes more than 30% of global annual greenhouse gas emissions (ARUP, 2016).
The concept of the circular economy offers a relevant framework to capture the different strategies that can be used by municipalities to minimize the embedded environmental impacts of building materials.
Circular construction preserves and enhances natural capital, favors and optimizes renewable resources and prevents waste by allowing construction materials to enter an infinite cycle of use.
Behind the theory and the ambitious concept, concrete tools exist to foster circular construction at the local level. Experts will provide participants with concrete examples of circular construction in practice as well as with tools and methodology to better account for the life-cycle impacts of construction materials and to effectively spatialize and quantify their availability and use on a given territory.
B6 Promoting sustainable lifestyles for healthy and happy cities 515 Sustainable lifestyles are one of the key elements in creating healthy places that
encourage healthy lifestyles and maximize the capacity of residents and visitors to live fuller lives of higher quality in a city. Despite mounting evidence on the relationships between environmental characteristics, activity patterns, and health,
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their implications for residents’ activity and their health.
This session will discuss the possibility of making use of existing planning and design initiatives to promote active and sustainable lifestyles. More specifically, it will be discussed how planning for sustainability need to be more conducive of physical activity and sustainable consumption. Human health and environmental sustainability being both top-priority issues in today’s society. The planning and design of environments that can improve human and environmental health simultaneously need to be tackled in a more collaborative and inclusive to ensure that the cities of tomorrow fulfill their right goal.
B7 Talanoa Dialogues 519
(This is part 1 of a 2-part session)
This session, co-hosted by ICLEI and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, is part of ICLEI’s Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogues. It aims to support the Talanoa process to take stock of and strengthen our national climate plans, or National Determined Contributions (NDCs), through an inclusive multi-stakeholder process.
It also has as an objective to showcase climate action and leadership at the subnational level and how to increase involvement in national and international climate policymaking.
The Talanoa Dialogue is divided into three different questions: where are we?
Where do we want to go? And how do we get there? Participants to the Talanoa Dialogue shall respond each of the questions sharing their stories. Stories can be different from one question to the other depending on the input the participant would like to share.
The first part of this Canadian Talanoa Dialogue will have an international lens, focusing on how other cities and regions are working on these Talanoa Dialogues, and will present where we are at in Canada, with addresses from federal, provincial and municipal representatives.
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SP5 Nature-based solutions: Transforming environmental and
societal challenges into innovation opportunities 517 CD
Unprecedented urban expansion is forecast from 2017 to 2030. Under current policies and practices, this growth is expected to result in significant losses of global biodiversity; and subsequently major loss of the valuable services that biodiversity provides which directly support human livelihoods. Local and subnational governments are increasingly being recognized as the level of government where the most effective change can be made. In light of increasing risks to global biodiversity, the need to mainstream biodiversity and biodiversity action into policies and practices at the local and subnational government level has become critical.
Mainstreaming biodiversity into existing policies and practices comes with its own challenges.
One approach to biodiversity mainstreaming, which has been recently put forward by practitioners and policy makers alike, are nature-based solutions (NBS). NBS refer to the sustainable use of nature in solving societal challenges, whilst simultaneously ensuring that biodiversity is protected and the valuable services that biodiversity provides continue to support human well-being. NBS focus on the benefits to people and the environment itself whilst strengthening the resilience of social-ecological systems so that they are able to respond to environmental change and hazards in the long-term. NBS go beyond the traditional biodiversity conservation and management principles by “re-focusing” the debate on humans and specifically integrating societal factors such as human well-being and poverty alleviation, socio- economic development, and governance principles.
In the context of the ongoing political debate on urban growth and environmental concerns, this session will underline how NBS can transform environmental and societal challenges into exciting innovation opportunities. In doing so, this session will provide incentives for governments, cities and regions, institutions, business and citizens alike to develop innovative ways to integrate natural capital in policies and planning, and to enhance and maintain biodiversity and human well-being.
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Dr. Cathy Oke
Councillor, City of Melbourne, Australia
Global Executive Committee Member, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Video Address:
Dr. Lena Chan
National Focal Point, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Singapore Panel 1 Panelists:
Pamela Veinotte
Acting Executive Director, Ontario and Waterways, Parks Canada Robert Biwer
Vice Chair, Commission for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy (ENVE), European Committee of the Regions
Janet Sanz
Deputy Mayor, Municipality of Barcelona, Spain Daniel Hodder
Director, Parc Management and Biodiversity, Ville de Montréal, Canada Thomas Elmqvist
Professor, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden Mahmoud Elsolya
Mayor, Sharm El-Sheikh City, Egypt Panel 2 Panelists:
Laura Huffman
Texas State Director, The Nature Conservancy, USA Dr. Cuong Luu Duc
Director General, Vietnam Institute for Urban and Rural Planning, Vietnam
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Deputy Mayor, Strasbourg European Metropolis, France Norman Dyotte
Mayor, City of Candiac, Canada Olivier Hillel
Programme Officer, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity Invitation to join the global Cities with Nature Initiative
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SP6 Achieving sustainability through strategic procurement 510
Cities across the world are increasingly using their procurement actions strategically to help tackle a wide variety of sustainability goals – from reducing CO2 emissions, and increasing social inclusion, to improving air quality, promoting ethical supply chains, and creating jobs.
The public sector represents an estimated 15-20% of GDP globally. By directing this huge spending power wisely, governments can help create markets for innovative sustainable products and services, and help meet global and local sustainability goals.
In this session Mayors and representatives from the Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement (www.glcn-on-sp-org) will present the commitments and achievements they have made over the last year, and plans they have for the future. You will also hear about how the European Commission is helping to promote the strategic use of public procurement in the EU.
Moderator Jerome Tinianow
Chief Sustainability Officer, City and County of Denver, USA Keynotes:
Boyoung Hwang
Assistant Mayor, Climate and Environment, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Republic of Korea Solly Msimanga
Mayor, Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa
Global Executive Committee Member, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability David Blanchard
Deputy Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Industry, Single Market, Entrepreneurship and SME, European Commission
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Murphy Robinson
Executive Director of General Services, City and County of Denver, USA Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz
Mayor, City of Warsaw, Poland Johannes Van der Merwe
Mayoral Committee Member for Finance, Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa Closing remarks
Mark Hidson
Global Director, ICLEI's Sustainable Procurement Centre Deputy Regional Director, ICLEI European Secretariat
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Thematic sessions C (16:00 – 17:30) Room
C1 Energy transition of industrial legacy cities 511 A
Industrial legacy cities have embraced both change and opportunity in the energy sector as they look to move beyond their historical reliance on fossil fuel-based, extractive and polluting industries. Taking ownership of their own energy transitions with bold visions and ambitious actions, city governments are tackling entrenched energy-related challenges including poor air quality, negative health impacts and high energy burdens on citizens as well as the rising urgency of aging infrastructure, investment shortages and inefficient energy systems and built environments.
What lessons can be learnt from their transitions from industrial pasts towards more sustainable futures? How can cities work together with partners and citizens to take the next big steps towards clean energy and low-carbon development?
C2 How cities deliver on the SDGs: A snapshot on the current situations in
cities across the globe 514
This leaders’ sessions organized by the cities of Malmö, Ghent, Utrecht, Stuttgart and Bonn will gather high-level officials from all regions who are leading the way in localizing the sustainable development goals. Some of the following questions will be addressed:
● What have front-runners achieved so far in localizing the SDGs?
● How do we mobilize civil society, business, academia and all levels of governments to work together towards the achievement of the SDGs?
● What are the challenges in localizing the SDGs?
● What are the possibilities and opportunities linked to localizing the SDGs?
● What are the costs of implementing the SDGs and does money matter?
C3 Sustainable smart cities: Using the opportunities, facing the risks 515 Cities are increasingly shaped by information and communication technologies
with the promise that these will help optimize the urban space. From water to energy consumption, transportation, waste selection and infrastructure management, the digital revolution is depicted as a new avenue for urban sustainability.
However, digital technologies are not a silver bullet and in fact come with their own limits and risks. Among others:
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● The efficiency gains achieved by digital technologies are hardly ever measured against the high energy and material consumption that their production, maintenance and replacement require.
● Digital technologies have complex and ambivalent effects on the consumption patterns of municipalities, businesses and individuals, thus blurring or offsetting the link between digitalization and increased sustainability.
● These technologies generate new challenges to urban systems resilience like data security and privacy risks which are often disregarded or underestimated by local governments and technology providers alike.
● Algorithmic discrimination, digital illiteracy and the strong monopolistic markets the digital economy is producing can all yield to exacerbated inequalities in cities and regions.
Clearly, digitalization is a development trend that must be well managed. This session will feature the efforts of municipalities who have been using digital technologies to promote civic engagement and a culture of sufficiency and gather experts to discuss the risks of pursuing digitalization as a goal rather than a potential means to achieve sustainability.
The goal of this session is to discuss how cities can better prepare themselves to make informed decision on how digital technologies can be used purposefully and critically reflected upon as tools for sustainable development.
C4 Building resilience at the local level 511 BC
The onset of climate change as inevitable is gaining acceptance widely, and it is continuously being recognized that mitigation efforts while necessary are not sufficient, hence there is increasing need for global, but most importantly local adaptation and resilience action. While research on climate adaptation may be advancing, new knowledge rarely travels directly from science to practice. Equally, building local resilience does not require only knowledge from science, but respect for other types of knowledge, including historical knowledge embedded in communities and concrete recognition of existing social dynamics that can be a valuable asset in a co-creation approach for resilience building activities.
This session will focus on sharing experiences of knowledge exchange among experts and implementers who are active in the field of adaptation and resilience in Europe, Africa, Asia and North and Latin America. Speakers will share insights with the aim to identify the most applicable and easily adoptable approaches to
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C5 Building a circular economy through urban metabolism 511 EF This session will demonstrate the utility of the urban metabolism framework in
city planning and management. A series of case studies will be presented to show how urban metabolism works to promote urban-rural linkages, circular economy in cities, and industrial symbiosis.
Urban Metabolism is a framework of analysis that looks at the city as a system and analyzes the continuous flows of resources (material flows) coming into the city (as inputs), and going out of the city (as outputs) within the city’s complex web of networks, and allows for the studying of the different patterns of movements of matter and energy. An urban metabolism analysis helps in the identification of opportunities to build resilience and improve the use of resources in a more efficient way. This then forms as a basis for the development of policies and initiatives that would pave the way for building a circular economy at the city level.
This session is organized by UN Environment – GI-REC.
C6 EcoLogistics: The next level for sustainable urban mobility? 511 D The notion of sustainable urban mobility is incomplete without consideration for
urban logistics. The traffic generated by the delivery goods to shops, factories, offices, hotels, etc. represents a large share of urban traffic volume. And with the increasing online shopping/ordering behavior of an individual the share of freight traffic is further increasing. Traffic congestion, Poor air quality, Noise pollution and intensity of road accidents are major impacts caused by urban freight sector.
While urban freight’s contribution to GHG emissions is growing, corresponding mitigation actions and capacities are low. This session will look into future trends and challenges – social, economic, technological, and institutional of urban freight sector, as well as provide examples from leading cities and industry on innovative ways to tackle such challenges (Decarbonizing urban freight transport sector). It will also introduce the current IKI funded project on EcoLogistics in Argentina, Colombia and India.
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C7 Talanoa Dialogues 519
(This is part 2 of a 2-part session)
This session, co-hosted by ICLEI and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, is part of ICLEI’s Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogues. It aims to support the Talanoa process to take stock of and strengthen our national climate plans, or National Determined Contributions (NDCs), through an inclusive multi-stakeholder process.
It also has as an objective to showcase climate action and leadership at the subnational level and how to increase involvement in national and international climate policymaking.
The Talanoa Dialogue is divided into three different questions: where are we?
Where do we want to go? And how do we get there? Participants to the Talanoa Dialogue shall respond each of the questions sharing their stories. Stories can be different from one question to the other depending on the input the participant would like to share.
The first part of this Canadian Talanoa Dialogue will have an international lens, focusing on how other cities and regions are working on these Talanoa Dialogues, and will present where we are at in Canada, with addresses from federal,
provincial and municipal representatives.
This second part of the TD session will focus on the Canadian context and is open only for Canadian participants.
18:00 – 21:00
Networking event Le Parquet, 1000, place
Jean-Paul-Riopelle Network with the best! In a friendly atmosphere, Montreal unveils itself to you and sets the table for a vibrant and delectable evening. Come interact with other inspiring ambassadors for sustainable development in Montréal for the ICLEI World Congress 2018!
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Thursday, 21 June 2018
8:30 – 9:15
P4 Fostering women’s leadership in the implementation
of sustainable development solutions 517 CD
Gender bias and inequalities are still deeply entrenched in all aspects of our societies. Women disproportionately suffer from violence, human rights infringements, inequalities, poverty, climate change and environmental degradation globally.
To face these challenges, it is crucial that women are empowered to take part in the decision- making and implementing processes in all levels of governance worldwide.
In 2013, fewer than 5% of the world’s mayors and just 20% of local councillors were women (UCLG, 2013). The last five years have witnessed a wave of female mayors taking office, yet despite this, women remain overwhelmingly underrepresented in local governance.
This plenary will explore the potential of gender mainstreaming to help transform the political and urban landscapes of our cities, towns and regions. Power relations need to be reshaped to become more equal. Local governments have a key role to play in mainstreaming women leadership and in building sustainable policies through the gender lens.
Moderator
Dorothy Alexandre
President, Montreal Women’s Council Panel discussion:
Valérie Plante
Mayor, Ville de Montréal, Canada Célestine Ketcha épouse Courtès
Mayor, Bangangté Municipal Council, Cameroon
President, Network for Locally Elected Women of Africa (REFELA) UCLG Champion on Development Cooperation
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Vice-President, Legal affairs, L’Oréal Canada Judith Portier
Founder and creative director, Design by Judith Portier, Montréal, Canada
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P5 Transforming the way we live together: Reconciliation and
cooperation toward our sustainable urban future 517 CD
Sustainable development is development that benefits everyone and allows for equality. As part of recognizing the rights of Indigenous Peoples and in a context where we have growing Indigenous populations in cities, how are local governments responding to the challenges of reconciliation and the promotion of Indigenous people's rights in Canada? How do local governments manage to find a balance between their legal responsibility/areas of intervention and the collective sense?
The conversation will bring cities to position themselves as a government entity on relations with indigenous communities, and participants to understand the importance of reconciliation issues on social cohesion.
Panel discussion:
Chair
Marie-Ève Lachapelle-Bordeleau
Commissioner of Indigenous Relations, Ville de Montréal, Canada Ghislain Picard
Chief, Assembly of First Nations of Québec and Labrador, Canada Valérie Plante
Mayor, Ville de Montréal, Canada Christina Clarke
Executive Director, Songhees Nation Lisa Helps
Mayor, City of Victoria, Canada Madeleine Redfern
Mayor, City of Iqaluit, Canada
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P6 Transforming the way we collaborate: Multi-level and collaborative
governance for sustainable cities, towns and regions 517 CD
Local governments are key actors in sustainable urban development policy making and implementation, but they should not have to shoulder this burden alone. Sustainable policies are those which are coordinated effectively with neighboring jurisdictions, as well as other levels of governance.
This plenary will explore and showcase how transforming the way we collaborate on policy making and implementation can help us more efficiently achieve our individual and collective goals. High-level representatives of various levels of government and inter-governmental bodies will address the importance of collaboration in sustainable urban development, and how by working together, we can transform our cities, towns and regions into those of our envisaged sustainable future.
Chair
Ashok Sridharan
President, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Panel discussion:
Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany
Joshua Wycliffe
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government, Housing & Environment, Government of Fiji
Her Royal Highness Princess Abze Djigma
Chair of the H. R. H. Princess Abze Djigma Foundation
Special Envoy of the President of Burkina Faso for SDG’s and Climate Change Robert Biwer
Vice Chair, Commission for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy (ENVE), European Committee of the Regions
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SP7 Harnessing private capital for sustainable investments in cities
and towns 517 CD
Billions of dollars will need to be invested in cities and municipalities in the coming decades to adapt to climate change and drastically reduced greenhouse gas emissions but where will the money come from? From municipal green bonds to new and innovative financial structures that use public money to catalyze private investments all options must be considered. This session will explore how cities and municipalities can tap into vast pools of institutional investment capital to address climate change mitigation and adaptation investment needs.
Moderator Megan Meaney
Executive Director, ICLEI Canada Office
Panelists
Mansoor Khan
Vice-President, RBC Capital Markets, Canada Nicole Martin
Senior Director, Sustainable Finance, S&P Global, Canada Brian Minns
Vice-President, Addenda Capital, Canada Betsy Yeung
Acting Manager, Capital Markets, Corporate Finance Division, City of Toronto, Canada
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Thematic sessions D (11:15 – 12:30) Room
D1 Local resilience : A multi-scale transformational process 510 Natural disasters create experiences that may influence, at a personal and
organizational scale, our perception of what urban resilience means. This session will allow participants to understand urban resilience as a multi-scale transformational process and will explore ways to collectively develop tools to cope with the challenges triggered by the climate crisis.
D2 Circular economy : Springboard for sustainable communities 514 Cities and the levers put in place at the local level must play a role in accelerating
the transition to a circular economy while consolidating social and solidarity development. This session will present exemplary projects of successful transformation originating from various sectors of intervention (electronic waste or construction, design / textile, food systems, and the sharing economy).
D3 Biodiversity and wildlife management: Challenges and perspectives 515 With increasing urban migration and sprawl, a variety of species from peri-urban
areas are now calling cities home. This session will explore the relationship between urban growth and encroachment on natural areas, how species themselves are adapting to survive and thrive in urban environments, and finally, the mechanisms that cities have emplaced to manage the interaction between these new residents and citizens.
D4 Living together in the city: A key challenge for sustainable development 519 In the context of globalization and because of different phenomena (e.g. human
mobility, urbanization, increased diversity), our cities are facing profound transformations. The city has become a place where multiple identities and affiliations meet. In a world where human mobility is increasing, our cities have become more and more diversified (ethno-culturally, linguistically, religiously, but also in terms of way of thinking and lifestyles). The spectrum of human diversity challenges our cities in terms of social cohesion and inclusion and emphasizes the unequal access citizens have to opportunities and services.
D5 Ensuring equity in energy transformation and innovation 511 EF The transition to clean energy promises to help cities meet ambitious carbon
reduction goals, but too often leaves out low and moderate income (LMI)
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share results from a recent collaborative project of USDN and CUSP to create actionable program design resources for cities and their key partners, as well as highlight four examples of leading equity-oriented clean energy programs in action in Canada and the United States.
13:30 – 17:30
Ville de Montréal’s technical visits
Montréal – Green city
Montréal – Neighborhood life (green lanes and active mobility) Montréal – City of knowledge Montréal – An island city and indigenous territory
Montréal – City of sustainable development initiatives
Montréal – A city of nature Montréal – City in transformation Montréal – City of technological experimentations
Montréal – City of the future and of co- creation
Montréal – Neighborhood life (quality of life and food systems)
13:00 - 15:00 Hôtel de Ville de Montréal
ICLEI World Congress 2018 Leaders´ Luncheon and meeting Invitation only This interactive session will enable the political leaders of the ICLEI Network to share their leadership insights on how best to implement the ICLEI Montréal Commitment and Strategic Vision in their jurisdictions.
At the end of the session, interested leaders will have the opportunity to define specific activities of ICLEI´s Montreal Action Plan 2018-2021 that they consider particularly interesting and which they wish to join or participate in. A select group of leaders will be invited to announce their interest and commitment at the Celebration Plenary on 22 June Friday afternoon.
